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Mar 2024
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Borders, Bills & Burgers

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In this week's roundup, we look at the dueling visits to the U.S.-Mexico border taken by President Biden and former president Trump, the continued glacial pace of legislation in Congress, and controversial plans to make a fast food staple a little bit pricier.

This episode: White House correspondents Asma Khalid & Franco Ordoñez, and political correspondent Susan Davis.

Our producers are Jeongyoon Han, Casey Morell & Kelli Wessinger. Our editor is Erica Morrison. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.

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